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Cases brought before NLRB compared with strikes for all causes and for organization

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Year and month	Number of cases brought before Board (1)	Number of strikes For all causes (2)	Number of strikes For organization (3)	Ratio of Board cases to strikes Percent for all causes [(1) over (2)]	Ratio of Board cases to strikes Percent for organization [(1) over (3)]
1935
October	203	169	79	120	257
November	153	119	48	129	319
December	110	80	34	138	324
Total	1,301	1,951	971	67	134
1936
January	110	138	62	80	177
February	66	132	69	50	96
March	90	168	82	54	110
April	142	158	73	90	195
May	108	188	89	57	121
June	86	168	87	51	99
July	74	144	65	51	114
August	112	211	120	53	93
September	150	209	95	72	158
October	147	175	90	84	163
November	88	131	72	67	122
December	128	129	67	99	191
Total (1936)	9,424	4,270	2,412	221	391
1937
January	110	160	80	69	138
February	195	199	110	98	177
March	239	581	281	41	85
April	477	493	270	97	177
May	1,064	532	298	200	357
June	1,283	552	329	232	390
July	1,325	400	238	331	557
August	1,119	400	243	280	460
September	994	321	196	310	507
October	1,054	278	165	379	639
November	959	232	132	413	727
December	606	125	70	485	866
1938
January	674	148	66	455	1,021
February	629	156	76	403	828
March	896	216	100	415	896
April	823	207	92	398	895
May	624	233	102	268	612
June	727	178	93	408	782

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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.